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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard E. Moritz, Portland, OR (US);
Brent R. Slater, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sean S. Epling, Portland, OR (US);
Mark A. Fritzke, Portland, OR (US);
Robert T. Thurman, Plainfield, IL (US);
Ty B. Goodwin, Vancouver, WA (US);
Joshua S. Stenzler, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/00 (2015.01); A63B 59/50 (2015.01); A63B 59/58 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); A63B 60/42 (2015.01); A63B 59/51 (2015.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 60/52 (2015.01); A63B 60/16 (2015.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01); A63B 60/04 (2015.01); A63B 60/46 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/50 (2015.10); A63B 59/58 (2015.10); A63B 60/42 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 59/51 (2015.10); A63B 60/04 (2015.10); A63B 60/16 (2015.10); A63B 60/46 (2015.10); A63B 60/52 (2015.10); A63B 71/0045 (2013.01); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2102/182 (2015.10); A63B 2207/00 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ball bat barrel has an interior surface and a luminescent layer on the interior surface. The luminescent layer, upon being charged, emits light that indicates tampering with the interior surface.